Every time a wetsuit is used in salt water it needs to be rinsed or flushed out with clean fresh water, in order to remove salt residue from the fabric and seams.
Failure to do so, can result in the stitching rotting. Seams can then split, allowing leaks and can cause painful chaffing from contact with cut neoprene edges.
Left the wetsuit can become dank and smelly. Mould can occur in the folds causing the rubber to break down.
After a days surfing, diving of other wetsuit activities dealing with a wet wetsuit is often uninviting...
The simple solution is the 'Flusher' simply hang the wetsuit up on the product and plug a standard garden hose fitting onto the neck fitting. Turn the tap on.
Water pressurizes the chamber and a diffuser feeds the water flow to the strategically placed water holes to saturate the inner fabric and stitching. Salt residue trapped in these is flushed out the wetsuit openings.
Once the wetsuit is suitability flushed with fresh water, turn off the water and disconnect the hose. Leave the wetsuit to drip dry. The contoured neck and shoulder shape is designed to hold the wetsuit in optimum position to maintain a more natural shape when dry. Store ready for next time.
N.B. This is an important feature of proper wetsuit maintenance and some wetsuit manufactures include the instructions to flush in clean fresh water in the form of a disclaimer.
*The Flusher is designed to be used on a damp wetsuit immediately after use. The fresh water tracks through the fabric in the same manner as a wetsuit is designed to function. It is not intended as a wetsuit washer to wash a dry suit.
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Hang wetsuit
Attach hose
Turn on water
